VfB Stuttgart 2-2 Rijeka: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 29 August 2013
Result
VfB Stuttgart 2-2 Rijeka
Europa League · Thursday 29 August 2013, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
VfB Stuttgart 2-2 Rijeka: match report
VfB Stuttgart drew with Rijeka 2-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 August 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Leon Benko opened the scoring in the 30th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from Christian Gentner (34') and an own goal by L. Marić (75'). Rijeka scored through Leon Benko (30') and Goran Mujanović (90+4').
Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card; Rijeka received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 99th on 2 points from 3 and Rijeka 7th on 13 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 VfB Stuttgart wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rijeka.
Going into the match VfB Stuttgart's last five read L-D-D and Rijeka's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Leon Benko
- 34'Goal · Christian Gentner
- 40'Yellow card · Mate Males
- 56'Yellow card · Ivan Tomecak
- 73'Yellow card · Christian Gentner
- 75'Own goal · L. Marić
- 88'Yellow card · Nikola Pokrivač
- 90+4'Goal · Goran Mujanović
- 90+4'Yellow card · Goran Mujanović
Head-to-head
Team news
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-4-2)
Sven Ulreich, Daniel Schwaab, Benedikt Röcker, Arthur Boka, Antonio Rüdiger, William Kvist, Christian Gentner, Martin Harnik, Vedad Ibišević, Ibrahima Traoré, Cacau
Rijeka expected line-up
Ivan Vargić, Matija Skarabot, Ivan Tomecak, Luka Marić, Dario Knezevic, Mate Maleš, Nikola Pokrivač, Anas Sharbini, Mehmed Alispahić, Leon Benko